White Sox pick up Thompson from A’s

The Chicago White Sox made two moves on their day off Thursday, trading infielder Tyler Saladino to the Brewers for cash considerations and sending cash to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Trayce Thompson.

The Sox basically added muchneeded outfield depth at the expense of a little-used infielder. Neither player has seen much playing time, with Saladino getting eight at-bats so far with the Sox and Thompson — who is headed to his fourth organization in three weeks — has seven with the A's.

Thompson returns to the White Sox after an impressive late-season performance in 2015. He seemingly was going to be a starting outfielder in 2016 until the Sox sent him to the Dodgers at the 2015 winter meetings in the threeway deal that brought Todd Frazier to the South Side.

Thompson may have a chance to get more playing time with the Sox. While Adam Engel won the starting job in center field this year, he has yet to prove he can hit at the major-league level.

An injury to Triple-A Charlotte outfielder Ryan Cordell, who is expected to miss two months with a broken clavicle, left the Sox with few options if they send Engel down.

The Sox drafted Thompson in the second round out of high school in 2009, and he made it to the majors with the Sox for 44 games in 2015. He batted .295 with five home runs, a .363 on-base percentage and a .533 slugging percentage, then was traded with second baseman Micah Johnson and pitcher Frankie Montas to the Dodgers in a deal that netted the Sox third baseman Frazier from the Reds.